Somthing weird happened???

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jradhow

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i did my usual water change the same way i always have. now the hap ali is breathing realy hard. i recently changed my substrait to sand, and this is the first 20% water change i have done sence. i have ben doing 2 gal water changes every couple of days because of all the waste that collects on the sand. he has never looked like this after a change. im getting worried...

im not positive but i think i might have churned up some nasty gases in the sand. any advice would be nice...

thanks
 
How recent is recent? Check your water parameters. Treat the whole tank with prime or similar after doing a large water change. (~70-80%)

If you haven't already invest in a testing kit, and find out your water parameters.
 
i wasnt able to check the peramiters last night. i did check them this morning and found my amonia was too high. i did another 5 gallon change and its almost back to 0ppm. im going to do one more 5 gallon change, in the next hour. i guess i just churned up some stuff while doing the change...

thanks
 
i've never used an air stone. i have a bio wheel pro that producess more than plenty of air bubbles. my amonia level was too high im shure the hap ali got a big inhale of the amonia when i did the change. all the other fish are fine. i got the level back to normal, but unfortunatly he is not going to make it. i guess i'll have to be alittle more carefull next time...
 
exact temp 80 deg F. i use a thermometor when i fill my bucket... i also have a rift lake recipe ive ben using for a year now.

for 5 gallons
1 tsp of bakeing soda
1 tsp of epson salt
1 tsp of kosher salt (no additives pure salt)
this combo works perfect for my water out of the tap to give me 8.2 PH & 15GH. i also use a water conditioner to rid the clorine and harmfull metals from the water.

he died about an hour ago :(
i just wasnt quick enuff to rid the ammonia spike, im shure thats what happened.
 
aw im sorry he died! im guessing your tank was going through a cycle since you changed out the substrate-and that houses a big chunk of the bb (beneficial bacteria) and the waterchange made the ammonia spike. any amount of ammonia is deadly to fish, as it burns their gills. i would keep your water parameters everyday for a while until you have NO ammonia, then see if you get any nitrItes.. and watch it cycle again and that bacteria will be consumed by nitrItes.. it should cycle quicker than a new tank..

best of luck to you and the fishies! if you see anymore ammonia, do waterchanges until its as low as you can keep it..
 
navygirl76;2379545; said:
aw im sorry he died! im guessing your tank was going through a cycle since you changed out the substrate-and that houses a big chunk of the bb (beneficial bacteria) and the waterchange made the ammonia spike. any amount of ammonia is deadly to fish, as it burns their gills. i would keep your water parameters everyday for a while until you have NO ammonia, then see if you get any nitrItes.. and watch it cycle again and that bacteria will be consumed by nitrItes.. it should cycle quicker than a new tank..

best of luck to you and the fishies! if you see anymore ammonia, do waterchanges until its as low as you can keep it..
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yeah, im defenately going to keep an eye on it.

its ben almost a month since i added the new sand. i thought it would be ok to do a larger water change, and churn the sand a bit to get all the waste out.
 
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